Kadim

Kadim aims to provide an open-access international academic platform for the researchers of Ottoman Studies to share and discuss their findings. The journal encourages critical perspectives, and therefore, publishes articles of historians from different schools to contribute to the literature and to carry Ottoman studies to a higher level.

Kadim accepts articles related to the history of the Ottoman Empire and other subjects related to the same field. The journal welcomes Turkish or English articles, critical editions and translations, book and dissertation reviews, article reviews, short reports, interviews, meeting abstracts, obituaries, biographies, and bibliographies.

Notes for Contributors

Kadim welcomes original and scholarly contributions to the field of Ottoman History. Contributors can submit research articles, translations or critical editions, book or scholarly event reviews, and dissertation reviews., article reviews, short reports, interviews, meeting abstracts, biography, bibliography.  Contributors are expected to read the text below carefully before submitting a manuscript. Manuscripts that do not conform to Kadim's guidelines will be returned to the author.

Manuscripts should be written in Turkish or English and uploaded to Kadim’s system via dergipark.org/kadim. Authors should write manuscripts with Times New Roman font style, 12-point font, 1.5 line spacing in Microsoft Word program. The footnotes should be in Times New Roman, 10-point font, and single-spaced. The margins of each Microsoft Word page should be in the default form (2.5 cm per side). The manuscript should also include an abstract of 150-200 words in Turkish and English with 4-7 keywords below.

The title of the article should be vertically centered at the top of the first page. The author's full name should follow the title and contributors should include title, institution, email, and ORCID information as footnoted to the names (All contributors are responsible for creating an ORCID ID: orcid.org).

Manuscripts conforming to these conditions will be read by the editors for the evaluation of the content. They reserve the right to decide on the suitability of the subject matter at this step. Eligible submissions then will be seen anonymously by two referees. Contributors are kindly suggested to keep in mind that they are addressing an international audience.

Book Reviews. 60-80 words long Turkish and 60-80 words long English abstract, 5 Turkish/English keywords should be added to the beginning of the articles written in this type. Please refer to the Book Review Writing Guide (HERE).

Abstract: It should not consist of just a general summary of the article. It has to include the purpose and scope of the study, its methodology, its main sources, and its original contribution to the field. It should be 150 and 200 words long.

Footnotes, Text Citation, and References. Kadim follows the citation system of İSNAD 2nd Edition (with footnotes): isnadsistemi.org

Reference to Archival Materials. You can find the guide  HERE for citing such documents in the articles.

Transliteration. Kadim follows the approach of TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi. It is suggested not to use the diacritical marks/transliteration alphabet unless it is necessary. Contributors should be consistent throughout the text when they use diacritics and follow the İSNAD's transliteration system.

Similarity Check. All articles are screened for plagiarism to prevent violations of publication ethics. All articles are screened for plagiarism in order to prevent publication ethics violations. The similarity rate should not exceed 15% in the reports provided by iThenticate plagiarism detection software. 

Copyright. Authors assign copyright or license the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to Kadim. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and of course the journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Articles in Kadim are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Kadim follows ethical duties and responsibilities in the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Authors who submit their work to the journal must comply with the ethical principles prepared of this framework.

Authorship of the Paper: Authorship should be limited to those who significantly contribute to the study. The authors of an article are to be decided before the submission, no one should be a ‘gifted’ author or denied as a ghost author.

Acknowledgments: Those (institutions and financial resources) who provide support but not contribute to the research should be acknowledged in an Acknowledgements section.

Originality and purity of plagiarism: The authors should be entirely own the submitted work. All the references in the manuscript should be cited appropriately and listed in the references. All submitted articles will be screened through iThenticate to prevent plagiarism and violations of publication ethics. The studies showing a 15% or more similarity rate will be rejected. 

Ethics committee permission and approval: If the research involves human participants, the authors must claim ethical approval from an appropriate committee and explain how they obtained consent in the manuscripts.

Redundant publication: Authors are expected to submit original, previously unpublished content to Kadim. It is unacceptable to submit the work for a review to another journal concurrently.

Salami publication or salami slicing: Authors should not disaggregate the research results and publish them separately by violating the integrity of the research, and they should no present these publications for academic appointments and promotions.

Data access and retention: Authors are required to submit the raw data of their research when requested by the editors and referees and keep this data after publication.

Fundamental errors in published works: When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy the published article, the author should promptly notify the journal editor and cooperate to retract or correct the paper.

ETHICAL DECLERATION

The studies requiring ethical committee permission must mention the respective situation in the article. Researches requiring the permission of the Ethics Committee are as follows.

• Any research carried out with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from participants using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, interview techniques,
• Use of humans and animals (including material / data) for experimental or other scientific purposes,
• Clinical researches on humans,
• Researches on animals,
• Retrospective studies in accordance with the law of protection of personal data,

Additionally, it is necessary to obtain such permissions for the followings:

• In the case reports, it is stated that the “informed consent form” was taken,
• Obtaining and specifying the permission of the owners for the use of scales, surveys and photographs of others,
• Stating that the copyright regulations are complied with for the ideas and works of art used.

If the study does not require Ethics Committee Permission, please click HERE (WORD) ( PDF) for Ethical Declaration Form

Kadim guarantees that it will not ask for publication fees from any library or reader to access the electronic articles. It does not charge fees for submission, publication, or process management, and it does not make payment to authors.